September 1, 2006Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyOpen Access

Molecular Epidemiology of Echoviruses 11 and 13, Based on an Environmental Surveillance Conducted in Toyama Prefecture, 2002-2003

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Environmental water samples from three rivers in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, and clinical specimens from 7…

Follow-up

12 months (April 2002 to March 2003)

Authors

MIMasae IwaiHokkaido University HYHiromu YoshidaKyushu University of Health and Welfare KMKumiko MatsuuraToyama Institute of Health

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Implication

River surveillance may flag enterovirus strains linked to meningitis cases; leaves open prospective utility for community monitoring.

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Population

Environmental water samples from three rivers in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, and clinical specimens from 7 patients with aseptic meningitis.

Outcome

Phylogenetic relationship and nucleotide sequence divergence between environmental and clinical isolates of echoviruses 11 and 13.

Environmental surveillance of river water combined with phylogenetic analysis can effectively trace both prevalent and minor circulating enteroviruses in the community.

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Iwai et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a900f8211fe3daa372b0903 https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02621-05

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Molecular Epidemiology of Echoviruses 11 and 13, Based on an Environmental Surveillance Conducted in Toyama Prefecture, 2002-2003

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Molecular Epidemiology of Echoviruses 11 and 13, Based on an Environmental Surveillance Conducted in Toyama Prefecture, 2002-2003

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